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Sterling Silver For Sale
Set Of 6 Russian Silver Gilt Teaspoons Dated 1886 Moscow Russia
Located in London, GB
Set Of 6 Russian Silver Gilt Teaspoons Dated 1886 Moscow Russia
Assayed by Viktor Saninkov, made by Ivan Alekseevich Alekseev
Nice scene of a building with a clock tower on the back ...
Category
1880s Russian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Modern Georgian by Allan Adler Sterling Silver Flatware Set Dinner
By Allan Adler
Located in Big Bend, WI
Allan W. Adler (May 8, 1916 - December 3, 2002) His clean, unadorned and well-crafted style was strongly influenced by the traditional work of early American silversmiths and the contemporary work then being done in the Northern European countries of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. It was a unique and one-of-a-kind style of silversmithing.
Adler was an American silversmith, known as "silversmith to the stars". Beginning his career as an apprentice in 1938, Adler designed silverware and hollowware in shapes inspired by the Modernist art movement of the early 1900s. Adler learned the craft of silversmithing from noted 5th generation silversmith Porter Blanchard, one of the founders of the Arts and Crafts movement in California.
His name became associated with Hollywood glamour in the early 1940s, and he was commissioned to design mini-Oscars for Academy Award winners, crowns for Miss Universe and Miss USA...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
1930 Jean E Puiforcat Art Deco Modernist Tea Coffee Set Sterling Silver Rosewood
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Art Deco Modernist tea and coffee service with cut sides in sterling pure silver and rosewood sockets by Puiforcat created in the 1930s.
Service comprising:
- a coffe pot of 16 cm x...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Indian by Whiting Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 66 Pieces Dinner Early
Located in Big Bend, WI
Early scarce "Indian" by Whiting, circa 1874, American sterling silver flatware set, 66 pieces. This set includes:
6 knives, flat handle all-sterling, 8 1/4"
6 dinner forks, 7 3/4"
...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Acorn. Six fruit knives in sterling silver and stainless steel
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen Acorn. A set of six fruit knives with sterling silver handles and stainless steel blades.
Stamped with various hallmarks, dating from around the 1915-1930s.
In excellent...
Category
1910s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Grande Baroque by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware for 24 Set 100 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Styled in the lavish Baroque manner, this highly collectible pattern is our best seller. Introduced in 1941, it captures classic symbols of the Renaissance in the exquisitely carved pillar and acanthus leaf curved as in nature. The sculptural, hand-wrought quality is evident in the playful open work and intricate, three-dimensional detail, which carries to the functional bowls and tines, and is apparent whether viewed in front, back, or profile. Perfect for traditional and formal settings.
Monumental GRANDE BAROQUE by WALLACE sterling silver Flatware...
Category
20th Century Baroque Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Candlelight by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set For 8 Service 32 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Candlelight by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware set - 32 pieces. This set includes:
8 Knives, 8 1/2"
8 Forks, 7 1/4"
8 Salad Forks, 6 1/2"
8 Teaspoons, 6"
Includes bonus brand new s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Whiting 5 Piece "Repousse" Sterling Silver Tea Set with Floral Decor
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique five piece tea set was made by Whiting & Co. of the United States and dates to approximately 1900 and done in a period Victorian style. The set is composed of sterling s...
Category
Early 20th Century American Late Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Kirk & Sons Repousse Candleholders and Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sterling silver Kirk & Sons candleholders signed & S Kirk & Sons sterling silver bowl. Repousse pattern in pristine condition.
Measures: Sterling silver candleholders - 4.5 x 4
St...
Category
20th Century American Rococo Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Wine Goblet, Dog Engraved
Located in NEWARK, GB
This antique Victorian sterling silver wine goblet is simply charming.
It has a wonderful engraving of a stalking dog to the front, very detailed it appears to be a retriever type...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver & Lapis Lazuli Cocktail Hors d'Oeuvres Picks, Set of Six
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of six, Sterling Silver cocktail or hors d’ oeuvres picks with oval Lapis Lazuli stones, circa 1960-1970.
Showing a charming hand made quality, the pieces have twisted stems, ending in sharp double-pronged picks. The lovely blue, flat cabochon...
Category
1960s Unknown International Style Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Sterling Silver
Large American Sterling Silver Ladies Dresser or Vanity Set with Matching Clock
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large sterling silver ladies dresser or vanity set was made in the United States, in approximately 1920 in the period Art Deco style. The set ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of George III Period Sterling Silver-Gilt Serving Spoons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of beautiful, George III Period, sterling silver gilt serving spoons, London, year-hallmarked for 1770, Thomas Evans and George Smith III - makers. E...
Category
1770s English George III Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
Antique Aesthetic Movement Sterling Silver Tea Set Barnard Brothers London 1878
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique sterling silver Aesthetic Movement tea service, by Walter & John Barnard, London 1878.
This very fine antique sterling silver set comprises three pieces, tea or coffee...
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Box shaped enamel hand painted, engraved and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Box shaped enamel is in 925/1000 sterling.
Box shaped enamel has handpainted fired enamels miniature.
Box shaped enamel is engraved and fire-enamelled ornaments.
Box shaped enamel is...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Silver Sugar Bowl London 1899 Barnard Silversmiths
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Antique Silver Sugar Bowl London 1899 Barnard. The circular bowl in Irish 18th century style on raised on three shell knuckle mask feet, swirl design surround body, scalloped everted...
Category
19th Century George III Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Champagne and Ice Buckets
Located in VALENZA, IT
The shape of the buckets is round and with a shaped body.
The upper part is smooth and shiny while the lower part has been embossed and chiseled into fluted torchon.
Champagne Bu...
Category
1990s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Fiddle Thread & Shell by Various English Sterling Silver Flatware Set 101 pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Gorgeous Fiddle Thread & Shell by various makers including George Adams, John Hunt, Robert Roskell (and more) Flatware set, 101 pieces. This set includes:
11 Dinner Size Knives, 9 3...
Category
Early 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Acorn Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware, 10-12 Service, 94 Pieces
Located in Southampton, NY
Georg Jensen Acorn Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware, 10-12 Service, 94 Pieces (set not complete). Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. Designed by Johan Rohde.
Dinner knives, Cake Kn...
Category
20th Century Danish Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Fontainebleau by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 55 pcs Dinner
By Gorham
Located in Big Bend, WI
The academic nature in which designer Antione Heller looked to the past for inspiration also stems from the Beaux Arts movement. This multi-motif, figural pattern features French cou...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Scale Model Sterling Silver Boeing 757-200 Jet Aircraft by Garrard and Co c1984
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally rare hallmarked silver Boeing 757–200 jet aircraft model; London 1984. With makers mark for Garrard and Co., who at the time, were the Crown...
Category
1980s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Two Gianmaria Buccellati Sterling Silver Flower Bowls in Case
By Clementi di Giovanni Mantel, Gianmaria Buccellati
Located in New York, NY
Two sterling silver flower head bowls. One is collage-style with 3 graduated layers of fluted, striated, and irregular petals and beaded center. The other has fluted and irregular pe...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Sterling Silver Bird Napkin Rings (1992)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, set of six vintage English sterling silver bird napkin rings - boxed; an addition to our animal related silverware.
These exceptional vintage st...
Category
1990s English Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Gorham Sterling Silver Reticulated String or Thread Holder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique string holder.
In sterling silver.
By the Gorham Manufacturing Company.
Retailed by Bailey, Banks, & Biddle.
With a reticulate...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling 1915 Candlesticks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are excited to offer this pair of sterling silver candlesticks dated 1915 by Gorham Silver Co, Providence Rhode Island. They have pretty etching around the base as well as top near the neck. They have an oval base and a tapered body. Gorham sterling antique...
Category
1910s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Art Deco Frame
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver oval frame by Lebkuecher & CO of Newark, New Jersey. It is a sleek and elegant frame with two feet in the front designed in an Art Deco style. It...
Category
1910s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Acorn Cheese Knife in Sterling Silver and Stainless Steel
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen Acorn cheese knife in sterling silver and stainless steel.
Measures: Length 20.5 cm.
Stamped.
In excellent condition.
Our skilled Georg Jensen silversmith / jeweler ...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Sterling Silver-Mounted Hobnail-Cut Claret Jug With Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Victorian, sterling silver-mounted hobnail-cut glass claret jug, with hinged lid, London, year-hallmarked for 1898, John Thomas Heath and Thomas Hartshorne Middleton (Heath and Middleton...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of American Edwardian Sterling Silver Candlesticks by Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Edwardian sterling silver candlesticks. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1905. Each: Ovoid, tapering, and fluted shaft with interlaced script monogram; stepped oval foot. Urn ...
Category
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Photo Frame baroque style engraving Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal notched photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enamelled baroque style engraving. External dimensions cm. 14.2 x 17.8, internal oval cm. 8 x 12....
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
1920s American Sterling Silver Tapersticks
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive pair of antique American cast sterling silver tapersticks; an addition of our ornamental silverware collection.
These impressive antique American sterling silver tapersticks have an octofoil panelled form, replicating the details of a Classic English George I style.
The plain panelled waisted cylindrical capitals are encircled with protruding scalloped borders to the rims.
Each plain waisted column bears a panelled bulbous knop to the upper portion and further scalloped decoration to the lower.
The columns surmount octagonal shaped, incurved bases with a sunken well and plain collet style rim.
Each candlestick does not have a weighted base.
The underside of each base bears the maker's mark 'James Robinson' and 'sterling' standard mark.
Condition
These antique tapersticks are an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition. The hallmarks struck to the underside of each base are all very clear; the hallmarks are struck deeply due to the exceptional gauge of silver.
Dimensions
Height 11.7cm/4.6"
Diameter of capital 1.1cm/0.4"
Width of base 7.7cm/3"
Total weight
7.6 troy ounces/237g.
Maker: James Robinson.
Date: circa 1920.
Origin: USA.
Video: A video of this fine piece is available upon request.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of these examples of American silverware...
Category
1920s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Silver Urn Vase Milan by Emanuele Caber
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very decorative neoclassical silver urn stamped by the Italian silversmith Emanuele Caber, dating from around 1825. It has the Milan warranty stamp, and stamp of the silver finenes...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Dutch Silver Fried Egg Serving Spoon, by Gerritsen and Van Kempen, 1927
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch Silver fried egg serving spoon, 1927
A Dutch silver fried egg serving spoon with double point fillet motif and raised edge for scooping the egg.
Marked with the Dutch Sil...
Category
20th Century Dutch Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides. In the center, a beautiful hand painted tempera miniature on a vegetable ivory plate depicting the portrait of a 19th century lady, signed by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani. Dimensions cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 618. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 and manufactured in Florence in some specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Edwardian Sterling Silver Chamberstick by Tiffany and Company
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian, sterling silver chamber stick, Tiffany and Company, New York, inventory marked for 1902-1903. Measures 4 inches high x 5 1/2 inches in diameter x 7 1/4 inches across from ...
Category
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany Sterling Silver Engraved Round Footed Serving Tray Platter Centrepiece
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful Tiffany sterling silver finely engraved round and footed serving tray or platter centerpiece.
Category
1920s American Neoclassical Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany Sterling Silver Apple Jar
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are delighted to offer you this sterling silver apple jar by the world renowned Tiffany & Company. Shaped like an actual apple with a core and...
Category
1950s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Photograph Frame Large Imperial Style White Enamel on Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver shaped photograph frame with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and rich friezes in Louis XVI French Empire style. External measurements...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver Mesh Weave beaded bag, ca 1900
Located in Delft, NL
Sterling Silver Mesh Weave beaded bag
Sterling Silver mesh weave handbag with fringe and turquoise colored translucent stones, 13 pieces.
The ope...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Photo Frame Oval with Two-color Translucent strips Enamel Fired Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-color translucent strips fire-enameled on guillochè and hand-engraving and with French Empire Napoleon III style ornament...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Large Victorian Sterling Silver-Mounted Threaded Crystal Cup-Form Match Striker
Located in New York, NY
Large, sterling silver-mounted threaded crystal, cup-form match striker, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1897, Charles Mappin (of Mappin Brothers) - maker. Measures 4 inches...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Set of 12 Tiffany & Co. Windham Pattern Sterling Silver Iced Tea Spoons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of iced tea spoons.
In sterling silver.
By Tiffany & Co.
In the Art Deco Windham pattern.
Monogrammed with a script capital H.
Fully hallmarked to the reverse.
Simply a wonderful set of Tiffany iced tea spoons...
Category
20th Century Unknown Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of Eight Art Deco Silver Individual Asparagus Tongs Servers, circa 1920
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Set of eight 800 silver Art Deco individual asparagus tongs servers, circa 1920. Each of plain design, fingers and thumb ring grips. Each stamped 800. Measu...
Category
1920s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
1890s Set of 6 Sterling Silver Teaspoons in "Pompadour" Pattern by Whiting
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1898 & 1899 set of 6 "Pompadour" pattern sterling silver teaspoons by Whiting. A division of Gorham. Originally patented in 1895, these marked 1898 & 1899. Monogram LAB. 2.95 troy oz...
Category
1890s American Rococo Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Louvois by Puiforcat France Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 54 pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
The Parisian silversmith Puiforcat is regarded as one of the legendary names in European silver craftsmanship.
Superb Dinner Size Louvois by Puiforcat sterling silver flatware set, ...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Revival Italian Sterling Silver Vase
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver vase in Art Nouveau - Liberty style made entirely by hand.
The preparation of the structure of the vase required several processing times. The vase was made in differ...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Photo Frame White Enamel and Hand Painted Flower Garlands Sterling Silver Salimb
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted floral miniature by the painter Renato Dainelli, fire-enamelled on a white background in Art Nouveau...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair Of Antique Duck Egg Cups, English, Silver, Vase, Edwardian, Hallmarked 1904
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique duck egg cups. An English, sterling silver posy vase, dating to the Edwardian period, hallmarked 1904.
Fascinating silver e...
Category
20th Century British Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of Six 19th Century Gorham Sterling Silver Tea Spoons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing set of ornate sterling silver tea spoons. They are all marked Gorham sterling and pristine condition.
Category
1890s American Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Jardinière 296C
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A small sterling silver jardinière, design #296C by Georg Jensen, dating back to 1919. This handcrafted oval bowl features four exquisitely detailed hanging grape clusters serving as...
Category
1930s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Photo Frame Fired Enamel with Two-Tone Stripes on Guillochè and Hand Engravings
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular frame with oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel with two-tone stripes on guillochè and hand engravings. External dimensions cm...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Paul Storr Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Soup Tureen Dish
By Paul Storr
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, large antique Georgian English sterling silver soup tureen made by Paul Storr in the Adams style, an addition to our range of collectable dining silverware.
This magnificent antique George III sterling silver soup tureen has a plain oval shaped form onto a plain oval spreading pedestal foot to a collet rim, in the classic English Adam style.
The surface of this impressive soup tureen is plain and unembellished.
The upper rim of the tureen is ornamented with an impressive applied rope twist border accented with a simple leaf design to either side.
This antique soup tureen...
Category
Early 19th Century English Adam Style Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Enameled Table Clock
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Art deco octagonal table clock cm. 10x10 in 925/1000 gilded silver with translucent black and red fired enamels on guilloché, Swiss mechanical skeletal movement, winding 8 days
The miniatures are hand-painted on a usually white homogeneous enamel base. The same colored glazes are used, but ground much finer, which are mixed with special oils to form an infinite palette of colors. The paint must be gradually dried on electric stoves...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Solid Silver Gilt Heart Shaped Box/Vinaigrette- 18th Century
Located in London, GB
We are delighted to offer this enchanting 18thc. solid silver gilt heart-shaped box made likely of German origin.
An almost (if not) identical piece is in the Victoria & Albert Mus...
Category
18th Century Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Buccellati Silver Seahorse Ice Bucket Large
Located in New York, NY
Buccellati silver Seahorse ice bucket large in 800 silver.
Buccellati silver Seahorse ice bucket often used to chill multiple bottles of wine, champ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver Three-Piece Tea Service
By Herbert Edward Barker & Frank Ernest Barker 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver three-piece tea service in the Art Nouveau style; an addition to our antique teaware collection.
This fine antique G...
Category
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Picture Frame Green with concave corner for oval photo Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame with concave corners for oval photo cm. 5.5 x 8.5 in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche, with French Empire Napo...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Three 19th Century Jeweled & Enameled German Coin Silver Musician Figurines
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A group of three rare and terrifically whimsical German or Austrian Silver musician figures. Constructed of coin silver and enamel bodies with glass cabochon jewels to the bases.
...
Category
19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Enamel, Silver
Vintage, New and Antique Sterling Silver
Dining and entertaining changed drastically when we began to set our tables with sterling silver for holiday gatherings, wedding receptions, engagement parties and, in some of today’s homes, everyday meals.
Often called the “Queen of metals,” silver has been universally adored for thousands of years. It is easy to see why it has always been sought after: It is durable, strong and beautiful. (Louis XIV had tables made entirely of silver.) Sterling silver is an alloy that is made of 92.5 percent silver — the “925” stamp that identifies sterling-silver jewelry refers to this number. The other 7.5 percent in sterling silver is typically sourced from copper.
Neoclassical-style sterling-silver goods in Europe gained popularity in the late 18th century — a taste for sterling-silver tableware as well as tea sets had taken shape — while in the United States, beginning in the 19th century, preparing the dinner table with sterling-silver flatware had become somewhat of a standard practice. Indeed, owning lots of silver goods during the Victorian era was a big deal. Back then, displaying fine silver at home was a status symbol for middle-class American families. And this domestic silver craze meant great profitability for legendary silversmith manufacturers such as Reed & Barton, Gorham Manufacturing Company and the International Silver Company, which was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898, a major hub of silver manufacturing nicknamed “Silver City.”
Today, special occasions might call for ceremonial silver designed by Tiffany & Co. or the seductive sterling-silver cutlery from remarkable Danish silversmith Georg Jensen, but there really doesn’t have to be an event on the calendar to trot out your finest tableware.
Event- and wedding-planning company maestro Tara Guérard says that some “investment pieces,” such as this widely enamored alloy, should see everyday use, and we’re inclined to agree.
“Sterling-silver flatware is a must-have that you can use every single day, even to eat cereal,” she says. “Personally, I want a sterling-silver goblet set for 12 to 20; I would use them every time I had a dinner party. Ultimately, there are no criteria for buying vintage pieces: Buy what you love, and make it work.”
Whether you’re thinking “ceremonial” or “cereal,” browse a versatile collection of vintage, new and antique sterling-silver wares on 1stDibs today.